| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2023 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Additive Manufacturing: Length-Scale Phenomena in Mechanical Response
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| Presentation Title |
Interlocking Metasurfaces: Stronger than the Sum of their Parts |
| Author(s) |
Benjamin Young, Ophelia Bolmin, Brad Boyce, Philip Noell |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Benjamin Young |
| Abstract Scope |
Advances in additive manufacturing technologies and limitations in build space have spurred an increased interest in modular architectures. Traditional joining techniques can run into complications when used to join complex printed structures, such as lattices. In this work, we experimentally characterize the performance of different array configurations of interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs). ILMs are architected arrays of latching features that create non-permanent joints that can be directly integrated into the components to be joined. These ILMs can be intelligently architected to form structurally robust joints. Understanding the mechanical behavior of these interlocking surfaces will clarify the design space that ILM’s occupy, and their strengths and weaknesses as a versatile joining technology.
<br>Sandia National Laboratories is a multimission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Additive Manufacturing, |